Palestine as Archive
A man and his young son sit on two cement blocks, surrounded by piles of rubble that were once their home, on the edges of what was once their street. Their postures mirror one another. With thin arms...
View ArticleAnis Sayigh: A Profile from the Archives
[”A Profile from the Archives“ is a series published by Jadaliyya in both Arabic and English in cooperation with the Lebanese newspaper, Assafir. These profiles will feature iconic figures who left...
View ArticleLooking Glass Against the Wall, Who is the Freest of Us All?
As I grope for understanding in these dark times, for reasons not entirely clear to me, I find myself assailed by the Brothers Grimm tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I do not aim to pursue a flat...
View ArticleThe End of Impunity
By the time you read this who knows how many people will have been killed in Israel’s latest onslaught on Gaza. As I write more than 1200 - mostly civilian - Palestinians have been killed, hundreds of...
View Articleتفنيد خمس نقاط إسرائيلية مثيرة للجدل حول غزة
تزعم إسرائيل أنها تقوم بممارسة حق الدفاع عن النفس فقط، وأن غزة لم تعد محتلة من قبلها. إليكم ما تحتاجون إلى معرفته حول هذه النقاط المثيرة للجدل وما هو أكثر من ذلك.قتلتْ إسرائيل ٨٠٠ فلسطيني تقريباً في...
View Articleمدن بلا أهل: عن خراب الموصل وبغداد وحواضر أخرى
تذكرني مقولات من قبيل "إن هذه الجماعة غريبة على الموصل وستؤدي أفعالها إلى استثارة أهل الموصل ضدها"، بمقولات سبقتها زمنياً من قبيل "إن السوريين ليسوا كالعراقيين ولن يدخلوا حرباً طائفية"، وقبلها "إن...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (July 28-August 3)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes a list of the most read articles and roundups. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last...
View ArticleThe Prime Minister as President?
On 26 July, Turkish citizens began voting in the first round of the first direct presidential elections in the history of the Turkish Republic. Voting began at Turkish embassies and at the forty-two...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (August 4)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleCash, Weapons and Surveillance: the U.S. is a Key Party to Every Israeli Attack
The U.S. government has long lavished overwhelming aid on Israel, providing cash, weapons and surveillance technology that play a crucial role in Israel’s attacks on its neighbors. But top secret...
View ArticleO.I.L. Monthly Edition (July 2014)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Occupations, Interventions, and Law (O.I.L.) Page. It also includes material published on other platforms that...
View ArticleMagdi Mostafa: The Surface of Spectral Scattering
Magdi Mostafa: The Surface of Spectral ScatteringMay - June 2014 Townhouse Factory Space, Cairo For his latest project, Egyptian sound artist Magdi Mostafa created a multi-channel, site-specific sound...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 5)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (5 July)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors...
View ArticleKenya: On Edge, Rights at Risk
Kenya is in a bad place. Violent attacks from Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group out of Somalia and an Al Qaeda affiliate, and smaller violent attacks and conflicts involving known and unknown sources in...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer...
Middle East Research and Information Project, Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer (Revised and Updated Edition, February 2014).Jadaliyya (J): What made you comprehensively revise...
View ArticleEgypt Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (July 2014)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Egypt. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide...
View ArticleAnother Professor Punished for Anti-Israel Views
Until two weeks ago, Steven Salaita was heading to a job at the University of Illinois as a professor of American Indian Studies. He had already resigned from his position at Virginia Tech; everything...
View ArticleIt Might Be Too Late To Save Iraq's Christians
It Might Be Too Late To Save Iraq's Christians, Says AuthorAuthor of a Booker-nominated novel on the plight of Christians in Iraq, Sinan Antoon says the forced eviction of Mosul’s Christians "was...
View ArticleGaza, Einstein, and the UN
Many believe that Albert Einstein offered the witty definition of insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Apparently this is a misattribution, but it...
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